scp issue?

[Tony L-Iowa]

I'm running pscp on my pc to try and copy a file from the HM down. It errors out. Do I need to start a service on the HM for SCP?

C:\Users\TONY\Downloads>pscp root@bbq:/www/luci-static/resources/fire.png fire_b
ackup.png
root@bbq's password:
ash: /usr/libexec/sftp-server: not found
unable to initialise SFTP: could not connect

 

[Peter F]

Have you setup a password for the HM? The SCP daemon isn't working without a password.

 

[Bryan Mayland]

The dropbear SSH that's included in OpenWrt doesn't support SFTP, which is the default protocol mode of pscp. Ironically, you need to tell pscp to use scp mode with the -scp command line option.

I can't recommend WinSCP enough as one of the greatest pieces of software ever written though.

 

[Steve_M]

For whatever reason, your client is trying to use sftp, not scp.

Looks like you need to use the -scp option to force it to use scp.

pscp -scp root@bbq:/www/luci-static/resources/fire.png fire_backup.png

 

[RalphTrimble]

WinSCP is super easy as Bryan suggested... or you could use the -scp line I guess if you're hooked on pscp for some reason...

 

[Tony L-Iowa]

Thanks guys. I use putty at work (for SSH) I like the fact that you can just download the executables and run them without going through a windows installer. I don't use SCP often at home. I gotta stop staying up so late (or early am) on work nights as the obvious errors weren't so obvious to me.